Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov received on Wednesday Libya's Prime Minister Abdullah el Thinni.

Lavrov said the talks in Moscow were focusing on “how best to move towards the restoration of territorial integrity” in Libya.

Russia is “cooperating with international efforts to stabilize the situation and actively participating,” he said, according to Al Arabia news.

“We would like to ask Russia to take the side of the Libyan people and support the restoration of state institutions and security measures in the country,” Thinni said.

Thinni called on Moscow to take steps within international organizations, to end an embargo on arms supplies to the Libyan army and launch a process to restore the combat readiness of the Libyan armed forces.